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Derek Blasberg

Head of Fashion & Beauty Partnerships, YouTube & Man on the Street, Vanity Fair

The bestselling author and editor is currently Vanity Fair's "Man on the Street" and the new head of fashion and beauty partnerships of YouTube.

Derek Blasberg
Workplace & Talent

Derek Blasberg’s Tips For Getting Ahead in Fashion

The Missouri-native turned fashion insider and YouTube’s new head of fashion & beauty partnerships shares the secrets to his success.

Workplace & Talent

Derek Blasberg’s Tips For Getting Ahead in Fashion

The Missouri-native turned fashion insider and YouTube’s new head of fashion & beauty partnerships shares the secrets to his success.


News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast: Inside Derek Blasberg’s Plans for YouTube

This week on Inside Fashion, the editor discusses his long career in fashion and the moves he’s making in his new role as head of fashion partnerships at YouTube.

News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast: Inside Derek Blasberg’s Plans for YouTube

This week on Inside Fashion, the editor discusses his long career in fashion and the moves he’s making in his new role as head of fashion partnerships at YouTube.


News & Analysis

Fashion Embraces Optimism at the #BoF500 Gala

Carine Roitfeld, Tommy Hilfiger, Alexi Lubomirski, Bella and Gigi Hadid and other leaders from around the world celebrated the #BoF500 during New York Fashion Week.

News & Analysis

Fashion Embraces Optimism at the #BoF500 Gala

Carine Roitfeld, Tommy Hilfiger, Alexi Lubomirski, Bella and Gigi Hadid and other leaders from around the world celebrated the #BoF500 during New York Fashion Week.


News & Analysis

Why Nike Is Unafraid to Take Sides in America’s Culture Wars

The sportswear giant’s decision to feature polarising American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick in its advertising, inciting threats of a boycott and antagonising US president Trump, may be one of its smartest marketing moves yet.

News & Analysis

Why Nike Is Unafraid to Take Sides in America’s Culture Wars

The sportswear giant’s decision to feature polarising American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick in its advertising, inciting threats of a boycott and antagonising US president Trump, may be one of its smartest marketing moves yet.


News & Analysis

Stella McCartney, Alber Elbaz, Christopher Wylie and Riz Ahmed to Headline VOICES 2018

McCartney will also receive the 2018 Global VOICES Award for her pioneering work in the field of sustainability within the fashion space.

News & Analysis

Stella McCartney, Alber Elbaz, Christopher Wylie and Riz Ahmed to Headline VOICES 2018

McCartney will also receive the 2018 Global VOICES Award for her pioneering work in the field of sustainability within the fashion space.


Media

Vanity Fair’s Radhika Jones on Fashion and the New Best-Dressed List

The editor-in-chief and chief business officer Chris Mitchell tell BoF about the magazine’s approach to fashion and style ahead of Jones’s first trip to the European shows.

Media

Vanity Fair’s Radhika Jones on Fashion and the New Best-Dressed List

The editor-in-chief and chief business officer Chris Mitchell tell BoF about the magazine’s approach to fashion and style ahead of Jones’s first trip to the European shows.


News & Analysis

YouTube vs Instagram: Fashion’s Video Face-Off

In the brewing battle between YouTube and Instagram's new IGTV, which platform is better poised to win over the fashion market?

News & Analysis

YouTube vs Instagram: Fashion’s Video Face-Off

In the brewing battle between YouTube and Instagram's new IGTV, which platform is better poised to win over the fashion market?


News & Analysis

YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion and Beauty Partnerships Division

The well-travelled editor will cultivate relationships with brands and high-profile people in the fashion and beauty industries, much like Eva Chen does currently at Instagram.

News & Analysis

YouTube Hires Derek Blasberg to Lead New Fashion and Beauty Partnerships Division

The well-travelled editor will cultivate relationships with brands and high-profile people in the fashion and beauty industries, much like Eva Chen does currently at Instagram.


News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast Episode 43: How SoulCycle Scales Community

Chief executive Melanie Whelan discusses how to successfully build a community around an experience and why people are key to maintaining SoulCycle's special culture.  

News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast Episode 43: How SoulCycle Scales Community

Chief executive Melanie Whelan discusses how to successfully build a community around an experience and why people are key to maintaining SoulCycle's special culture.  


Technology

Is Fashion Missing the Aging Consumer Opportunity?

Fashion should design with, not just for, older consumers, argued Sarah Thomas onstage at #BoFVOICES. Watch now.

Technology

Is Fashion Missing the Aging Consumer Opportunity?

Fashion should design with, not just for, older consumers, argued Sarah Thomas onstage at #BoFVOICES. Watch now.


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